《左传》研究观念的古今演变

From Confucian Classics and History to Essays and Novels:The Evolution of the Ideas on the Study of Zuozhuan

《左传》在传统经学体系中的地位后世不断受到挑战,宋代以来多将它当文章看,各种古文选本和《左传》选评类著作,从古文、八股文的视角予以阐发,着力文章,兼顾义理,甚至以小说的眼光看待《左传》,肯定其怪诞幻梦叙事,揭示其叙事写人特征,把它纳入文学系统给予阐释。这反映了古今文学观念的转变促使《左传》研究的观念从经史向古文再向文学的位移。基于大文学观念,《左传》对于今天文章写作的启示意义尚待进一步挖掘。

The position of Zuozhuan(《左传》)in the system of the traditional Confucian classics has constantly been challenged.Since the Song Dynasty,Zuozhuan has been regarded as a collection of essays.Various anthologies of selected ancient essays and various selected and commentary works on Zuozhuan,elaborated Zuozhuan from the perspectives of ancient essays and eight-part essays focusing on the analysis of its essays and the discussion of their arguments.Zuozhuan was even commented from the perspective of a novel.With its narratives of fantasies and illusions being affirmed,and its narrative characteristics being revealed,it was incorporated in the system of literature and given a reasonable explanation.This indicates that the change of the ideas on literature from the past to the present,has promoted the ideas on the study of Zuozhuan to shift from Confucian classics and history to ancient essays and then to literature.Based on the idea of literature in a broader sense,the enlightening significance of Zuozhuan for today's essay writing is to be further explored.